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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ye Wenjie describe the Chinese Academy of Science's Space Environment Observation Center in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Dongguan.
(b) Urumqi.
(c) Shenzhen.
(d) Beijing.

2. Who is the source of the papers that are presented to Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Ruan Wen.
(b) Wenxue.
(c) Shao Lin.
(d) Xine.

3. What is the computer systems called that Ye Wenjie uses to keep an eye on enemy spacecraft and operations in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?
(a) FORTRAN.
(b) AMTRON.
(c) YUTRON.
(d) MITRON.

4. Who beats Ye Zhetai to death in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Two old men.
(b) Two young girls.
(c) Three young men.
(d) Four teenage girls.

5. Who is the base chief engineer who introduces himself to Ye Wenjie in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Lei Zhicheng.
(b) Cheng Lihua.
(c) Yan Weining.
(d) Bai Mulin.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what belief system does the translator note the term "Monsters and Demons" is derived in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

2. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?

3. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

4. What scientific paper is presented to Ye Wenjie as one that she wrote in 1966 in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

5. Who is Ye Zhetai's wife in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ye Wenjie go after her father's death? Why?

2. What information does Cheng Lihua try to get from Ye Wenjie while she is jailed?

3. What setting is described when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

4. When did the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution take place? Why is it important in The Three-Body Problem?

5. Where is Ye Wenjie taken by helicopter in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"? Why?

6. Why does Ye Wenjie arrange for Wang to meet Sha Ruishan in Chapter 8, “Ye Wenjie”?

7. What does Shi relate to Wang regarding the academic community in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

8. What happens when the Stable Era begins in the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

9. Who is Ye Zhetai? What is his character's importance in The Three-Body Problem?

10. What setting is established in Chapter 4, “The Frontiers of Science"? How much time has passed as Part II: "Three-Body" begins?

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